Alice Woodhead took up the role of Professor of Value Chains at the University of Southern Queensland in February 2015. She leads a research team at the Australian Centre for Sustainable business that specialises in developing value added agricultural products for export to Asia. Alice is a systems thinker, she who works closely with industry and government on product innovation and managing the complexity of value adding to agricultural commodities in rural Australia.

Previously, she was an independent consultant providing advice for industry on natural resources, supply chains, corporate social responsibility and sustainability practices. Alice also has extensive policy experience in both the public and private sectors. For nearly 20 years Alice occupied strategic research positions in agriculture for the New South Wales and Commonwealth Governments.

Alice has a PhD in Agricultural Systems from the University of Western Sydney. She was an OECD Co-operative Research fellow studying at the OECD in Paris.

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